American Songwriter

The Classic 1980s Country Track That Should Have Gone to Marty Robbins, if He Were Alive (And the Surprising Artist It Went to Instead)

With no Marty Robbins to cover "Seven Spanish Angels" Columbia's Billy Sherrill settled for a different star-studded feature.
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1982, We Lost the Legendary Singer, Multi-Instrumentalist, and NASCAR Driver Behind Some of Country’s Most Enduring Ballads

On this day (December 8) in 1982, Marty Robbins died from a heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 57. During his career, he launched several songs to the top of the country charts.